Transverse may refer to: *

Transverse engine A transverse engine is an engine mounted in a vehicle so that the engine's crankshaft axis is perpendicular to the direction of travel. Many modern front-wheel drive vehicles use this engine mounting configuration. Most rear-wheel drive vehicles ...

, an engine in which the crankshaft is oriented side-to-side relative to the wheels of the vehicle *

Transverse flute A transverse flute or side-blown flute is a flute which is held horizontally when played. The player blows across the embouchure hole, in a direction perpendicular to the flute's body length. Transverse flutes include the Western concert flute ...

, a flute that is held horizontally * Transverse force (or ''Euler force''), the tangential force that is felt in reaction to any angular acceleration *

Transverse mass The transverse mass is a useful quantity to define for use in particle physics as it is invariant under Lorentz boost along the z direction. In natural units, it is: m_T^2 = m^2 + p_x^2 + p_y^2 = E^2 - p_z^2 *where the z-direction is along the be ...

, a particle physics quantity *

Transverse plane The transverse plane (also known as the horizontal plane, axial plane and transaxial plane) is an anatomical plane that divides the body into Anatomical terms of location#Superior and inferior, superior and inferior sections. It is perpendicula ...

, the plane orthogonal to the anteroposterior or oral-aboral axis *

Transverse rotors Transverse rotor aircraft have two large horizontal rotor assemblies mounted side by side. Single-rotor helicopters (unicopters) need an additional tail rotor or tail exhaust to neutralize the reactional angular momentum produced by the mai ...

, a type of rotorcraft in which there are two rotors mounted side by side *

Transverse wave In physics, a transverse wave is a wave whose oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave's advance. This is in contrast to a longitudinal wave which travels in the direction of its oscillations. Water waves are an example of t ...

, a wave that causes a disturbance in the medium perpendicular to the direction it advances * Transverse Island, an island on the east side of Stefansson Bay, off the coast of Enderby Land

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